Evolving the geodetic infrastructure to meet new scientific needs /

Evolving the geodetic infrastructure to meet new scientific needs /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate author / creator:	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Evolving the Geodetic Infrastructure to Meet New Scientific Needs.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2020] ©2020
Description:	1 online resource (x, 114 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps
Language:	English
Series:	Consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine Consensus study report.
Subject:	Geodesy. Geophysics. Geodesy. Geophysics. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12591653

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Other authors / contributors:	National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Earth Sciences and Resources. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies.
ISBN:	0309497817 9780309497817 0309497787 9780309497787 9780309497794 0309497795
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version of record.
Summary:	Satellite remote sensing is the primary tool for measuring global changes in the land, ocean, biosphere, and atmosphere. Over the past three decades, active remote sensing technologies have enabled increasingly precise measurements of Earth processes, allowing new science questions to be asked and answered. As this measurement precision increases, so does the need for a precise geodetic infrastructure. Evolving the Geodetic Infrastructure to Meet New Scientific Needs summarizes progress in maintaining and improving the geodetic infrastructure and identifies improvements to meet new science needs that were laid out in the 2018 report Thriving on Our Changing Planet: A Decadal Strategy for Earth Observation from Space. Focusing on sea-level change, the terrestrial water cycle, geological hazards, weather and climate, and ecosystems, this study examines the specific aspects of the geodetic infrastructure that need to be maintained or improved to help answer the science questions being considered.--Publisher's website.
Other form:	Print version: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Evolving the Geodetic Infrastructure to Meet New Scientific Needs. Evolving the geodetic infrastructure to meet new scientific needs. Washington, DC : National Academies Press, [2020] 0309497787

Table of Contents:

Progress in maintaing and improving the geodetic infrastructure
Sea-level change
Terrestrial water cycle
Geological hazards : earthquakes and volcanoes
Weather and climate
Ecosystems
Priorities for maintaining and enhancing the geodetic infrastructure
Appendixes.